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DANIEL E. Prints, or TROY, New YORK Letters Patent No. 72,754, dated December 31, 1867.

yIMPROVEMEEI'J TN STOVE-GRATES..

TO ALL WI'IOM IT MAY CON'CERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PARIS, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer', and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gratos for Stoves; and T do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in whichi Figure l is a perspective view of thegratc as it lies inthe bed-'plate I, and held together by the pieces II H.

Figure 2 is a top view of the grate or grates as they lie side by side, with one pulled out and the othci` shoved in, by the movement of the handle C operating on the journals D and F.

Figure 3 shows the grate in the stove, and its appearance after the coal and ashes are dumped out of it, and the hot-air chamber L, formed underneath the grate by the plates P and S.

This invention consists of and has for its object an improved method of clearing the ashes from the coal in the iirc-box quickly and without dust in the room; und, second, tofurnish a strong, durable grate, that is not -liablepto sink down and get out of order.

The hot-air chamber L, under the grate, is designed for the double purpose of Ventilating the oven V by currents of hot air, entering at N N, passing through the chamber L, and coming out at M, and then passing v. through the oven V, and then into the rear iiues of the stove at T T, thus furnishing the oven with a steady current of hot air, heated doubly by the chamber or ash-way below the grate, and further heated as it passes, through the chamber L to the oven.

The second object of thc double plates P and S and the air-space L, is to prevent the front part of the oven V from getting too h'ot. When there is but one plate, as has heretofore been the case, the front part of the oven gets very hot, and especially if the grate is kept clear of ashes, which, with ordinary gratos, it is didi'- cult to do, and therefore it is not so necessary in an ordinary stove as in this stove, for with thispgrate there is no diiieulty of'kceping the fire-box perfectly clear of ashes. Thus, when so kept clcarthe powerful radiation downward on to the plate P acts with such intensity that the plate must be double in order to protect the front part of the oven; and, by so'making itI gain the further advantage of a complete ventilation to the oven, in the manner described above. By this ventilation, the smoke from cructs or burntfpieccs of bread or other food is carried at once off into thc ilucs, as also are the noxiousor olfensive gases arising-from baking bread orA other food. v

The grate is easily kept clean of ashes, so as to give a free fire, by the movement or vibration of the handle C, as in iig. 2. Thcjournals D and F project through the side plates of the stove, so that the shaker C canbe attached from the outside ofthe stove. This is n. valuable feature of this invention, for the grate can be shaken, and also dumped, from the outside of the stove.

The grate :is shaken by vibrating the handle backwards and forwards horizontally, and dumped of its contents by putting the right-hand prong of the shaker O on the journal F, and lifting it upward. ThisY lets 'the grate A fall down perpendicular-ly, emptying its contents into the ash-way or ash-pan below. The coal vlying on the grate B is thus raised up and pitched over forward into the space-made vacant by the dumping of the grate A, which always falls rst, making' a space and room for the contents of the hack grate D. After this dumping process, the gratos lic in the position shown in tig. 3. To get them back again into position, all that is necessary is to change the shaker C, and put the left-hand prong en the pin of the journal D at about a right-anglcd position, that is, with the shaker-handle C projecting to the front. Then bear down the handle C quickly, giving the grate B a little knock as it lies, as seen in iig. 3, and you have both gratos in position again. Both actions are verytsimple. The grate is easily and simply dumped of its contents, and cqtutllyz easily brought up into position again, in the manner described; und what is more, and more particularly, this is all done from the outside of the stove, for thc bed-plate I I goes clear across the stove, from side to side, and the journals D and F project through thc side plate of the stove.

The utility of this grate consists in its durability, its cleanliness, its easy mana-gement. It is thought to be the most durable grate ever invented, from the fact that it has four journals instead of two, as heretofore; and, furthermore, the back grate B lies on the bed-plate I I, and the bed-plate rests on the stove ash-plate P, all around its back and both ends; Thus the back part of the grato B cannot vpossibly sink down, and the front part is directly opposite the two journals F F; and, as the grate is so narrow, and as one `side cannonsink down, and as the other has these two journals to support it, hardly any amount of heat would canse it to sink; and, as the back part of the front grate lies on it, and is supported by it, it follows that, if the back grate does not sink, the front grate will not sink either; and then, too, the front part of the grate A is further supported by the two journals D D. This makes the grate exceedingly strong and durable. Its cleanliness and easy management are self-apparent, especially from the description given above.

In order that the grate perform as above described, it is necessary siniply that the journals -on one or both grates be hung or attached eecentrieally. The journals may be at or near the front or back part ofthe gra-tes, as desired. Single gratos may have been hung cccentrically heretofore, but not when made double, and placed side by side, and independent journals placed at or near one side of one or both gratos.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

1. Two ratos l in" sideb side havimY each two outu'ardl ro'eetinff `ournals, ecccntricall attached I g 7 y a y 7 o )l P .l @d y a on either end, at or near their front or back sides, and one or both vibrated horizontally, by menus of a pronged or double shaker.

2. I claim an cceentrieally-journallcd grate, with its rear side lying on the front part of'a like grate, and

so constructed for dumping that, as the rear part of the back grate -turns upward, the rear part of the front grate falls downward.

DANL E. PARIS.

Witnesses:

LEWIS POTTER, Cms. E. POTTER. 

